Four million Americans are out of work more than six months. Our elected leaders play golf and seem clueless. But we are Americans--we cope. We don't need some college boys to show us the way. We endure, we invent, we find a way. So welcome to Hopey Copey--I hope you find some tip, some phrase, that opens a new path for you.

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Hey, kids, math and science for all this Christmas

Melissa Jurist, program manager of K-12 education at the College of Engineering, Univ of Delaware, has some suggestions for kids who love science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

These are the tools real scientists use, she says.

Younger kids (4-6): A stethoscope to check the dog's heartbeat and also their own.

Owl pellets--you an get these online--pick them open and find little mouse bones and other things the owl could not digest and whurpsed up instead.

Magnets are fun--large enough to not be swallowed, even by smaller siblings.

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I am a long-time freelance health and science reporter, screenwriter, and blogger. My work has appeared in venues from the Costco Connection to Washingtonian and WebMD. I also used to teach creativity at the Smithsonian.